Medical assistance apparatus, medical assistance system, and method of operating medical assistance apparatus

A medical assistance system, comprising:

• an endoscope;
• a control apparatus configured to control the endoscope;
• an image diagnosis apparatus;
• and
• a medical assistance apparatus, wherein
• the endoscope comprises:
• an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject;
• and
• a distal end portion that is provided at a distal end of the insertion portion, the distal end portion being configured to successively generate an image data group by continuously imaging multiple regions to be observed that have been preset for the subject, and output the image data group to the control apparatus, and
• the image diagnosis apparatus is configured to
• generate detection result information obtained by detecting each of the multiple regions to be observed from the image data group by using the image data group and an inference model that has been pretrained with features of internal organs and regions, and
• output the detection result information to the control apparatus,
• the medical assistance apparatus comprises a processor comprising hardware, and
• the processor is configured to
• acquire usage status information related to a usage status of the endoscope up to observation of a region to be observed predetermined for the subject,
• determine, based on the usage status information, whether or not the endoscope has reached the region to be observed,
• generate, based on a determination result on whether or not the endoscope has reached the region to be observed and on the usage status information, handover information for a report related to an observation of the region to be observed, and
• record the handover information.

A method of operating a medical assistance apparatus, the method comprising:

• acquiring usage status information related to a usage status of an endoscope from a time point at which the endoscope is outside a body of a subject to a time point at which the endoscope observes a desired region to be observed in a body cavity of the subject;
• determining, based on the usage status information, whether or not the endoscope has reached the desired region to be observed;
• when it is determined that the endoscope has not reached the desired region to be observed based on a determination result on whether or not the endoscope has reached the desired region to be observed and on the usage status information, generating handover information including each condition and handover content in association with each other for a report related to an observation of the desired region to be observed, the report indicating that the endoscope fell short of being inserted up to the desired region to be observed;
• and
• recording the handover information.